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Charles Bridge

Thierry Lagnel

Switzerland

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This tree is alone on the top of a small hill in the swiss countryside. This type of landscape (small hills) was made by the retreat of glaciers when Switzerland was covered by ice.

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Honorable Mention

Nominee

Lonesome tree

A woman next to Beaux-Arts Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. She wanted to smoke a cigarette but the weather was very windy that day so she had to hide between two walls. This photo shows the exact moment when she lit her cigarette.

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Gold

Pause clope

A woman next to Beaux-Arts Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. When we are anxious, a problem can seem insurmountable or bigger than reality, like this wall compared to the tiny silhouette. That's why I called this photo "Anxiety".

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Anxiety

A woman next to a candelabra in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Candelabra

A man running next to Lake Constance in Bregenz, Austria.

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Focus

A man alone in a square with his shadow as his only company. I took this photo from the Powder Tower in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Lonely man and his shadow

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I took this photo in Bern, capital city of Switzerland. In front of the Swiss parliament, on the Federal Square (Bundesplatz in German), there are water-jets and children like to play there in summer. When I took the photo with this child, the water-jets were about 4 meters high.

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Bundesplatz

This photo was taken at the «Neue Aarbrücke» (new Aar bridge) in Aarau, Switzerland. This person on his bike is going under the bridge. We can see his foot, his hands but his face has already disappeared into the darkness.

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Entering the void

A puddle on Charles Bridge in Prague. It reflects the famous tower and a tourist.

Bronze

In the swiss countryside, three kinds of riders meet on a small road in the middle of nowhere. There is the traditional rider on his horse, three riders on their bikes and the modern rider on his motocross.

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Riders

Piazza del Sole in Bellinzona, Switzerland: a woman on her bike. I took the photo from the highest tower of Castelgrande

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The edge of the shadow

This photo was taken in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. It shows the Utopia bridge over Lake Neuchâtel. On the bridge there is a little girl with her parents. She is watching the landscape with her mother while the father is looking at her daughter. In a certain way, they are all looking at the future.